World Interim 1

Question 1

Ming Dynasty Accomplishments (300 year reign)

Answer 1

Capital @ Beijing
Walled palace complex AKA the Forbidden City
No one could enter w/out permission
Great Wall of China
Defensive strat against Oriats
Trade with the West

Question 2

Emperor Hongwu

Answer 2

Surveillance
Purged “corrupt” govt officials
Consolidation of power
Abolished chief minister & revised legal code
Emperor had total control over the people

Question 3

Zheng He

Answer 3

Chinese Explorer
7 expeditions, 37 countries

Question 4

Mateo Ricco

Answer 4

spread of religion
Tried to convert Chinese people to Christianity
1st foreigner to enter Forbidden City

Question 5

Xi Jinping

Answer 5

(creating a legacy, mimicking the Ming Dynasty)
Government
Socialist
Autocratic Dictatorship
Winnie the Pooh
HEAVY surveillance
Changed the law so he can be president for life (Consolidation of Power)
Trying to get rid of private education (tutoring)

Question 6

The Uighurs

Answer 6

Muslim minority population
Genocide occuring against them
“Re education camps”
Actually internment (prison) camps

Question 7

Taiwan Situation

Answer 7

Russia & Ukraine similarities
Cyberattacks every day

Question 8

Hong Kong

Answer 8

The region has democratic values
Xi wants to take control back early
Transfer of power from England
Young people protesting
Fear of surveillance

Question 9

Samurai Warriors

Answer 9

Loyal service to death
Committed suicide if they were captured

Question 10

Shogun Rule

Answer 10

Gov. in Japan was run by the military (family of Samurai)

Question 11

Golden Age (Japan)

Answer 11

In Kyoto
New forms of artwork arose
Ink splash paintings
Zen influence in a lot of works
“Zen Buddhism”

Question 12

Japan Today

Answer 12

Population is actively dying out
Low birth rate
Due to:
Strict Immigration laws (not helping to repopulate country)
Extreme work culture
Too expensive

Question 13

Joseon Kingdom

Answer 13

Hermit Kingdom
Isolated
Led by King Seonjo
Father of his country

Question 14

Accomplishments of Joseon Kingdom

Answer 14

Hangul alphabet
Increase literacy
Unity among people
Rain Gauge
Benefited farmers (dominant class)
Agricultural economy
Led to King Sujeon w a surplus of food
In the event of a natural disaster, people relied on him
Decreased threat of rebellion

Question 15

Society of Joseon Kingdom

Answer 15

Rigid Caste system
Majority of population was peasants
Agricultural economy

Question 16

Neo-Confucian Ideology

Answer 16

Official Ideology of the Joseon Kingdom
Bringing order to heaven and Earth
HARMONY & UNITY

Question 17

Fall of the Joseon Kingdom

Answer 17

Invasion by Japan (1910-1945)
War on Korean Culture
Forbidden to speak Korean
Historical docs burned
Art destroyed
Displacement of natives
Korean women sex slaves
Result after WWII
Massive divisions in Korea
Communists
Nationalists

Question 18

North Korea Today

Answer 18

Propaganda country
Forced labor & concentration camps
Infraction against gov. = effect on future generations
Isolation
Stagnant population growth
Collectivist culture
Communist Dictatorship
Autocratic
Jobs assigned

Question 19

South Korea Today

Answer 19

Collectivist culture
Highly educated society
#1 priority
Homogenous society
Densely populated
Issues:
Nuclear threat from NK
Too busy to care
Birth rate going down
Religion going down
Alcohol consumption
Plastic surgery
Death in video game cafes

Question 20

Great Zimbabwe

Answer 20

“House of Stone”
Power & prestige of Empire
Controlled passages to gold fields + Trading cities
Control over resources
Trade with Asia = economic globalization

Question 21

Mali Empire

Answer 21

Timbuktu
Library w/ 1,000s of books
Wealth of knowledge
The place people went to become educated

Question 22

Mans Musa

Answer 22

(Mali Empire Ruler)
Extended boundaries of the Empire
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Caused Mali to become economically and politically stable

Question 23

Mali Today

Answer 23

After 2002, much less stable of a country
Increased poverty rates
Slavery out in the open
Armed Islamic groups
Russian Mercenaries
Girls stripped of right to education

Question 24

European Feudalism

Answer 24

Divided class structure (born into, couldn’t change)
Resulted in class struggles
No change occured
Monarchies thriving

Question 25

Bubonic Plague

Answer 25

Buboes
Swelling glands
80% death rate within 3 days
Pneumonic
Lungs, coughing up blood
90-95% death rate within a few days
HIGHLY contagious
Septicemic
Skin turns purple/black
Least common
Rapid death

Question 26

Plague Doctors

Answer 26

Contracted thru gov.
Treated victims regardless of social status
“Bad smelling air”
Symbol of death

Question 27

Effects of the Black Death

Answer 27

Religious hysteria
Flagellants
Whips
Plague = God’s punishment
Massacre of Jews
Economic effects
Shortage of labor
Rising prices
Inflation
1325 - peasants revolt against Catholic Church

Question 28

Europe Today

Answer 28

European Union
Economic/Political Organization
Brexit
Eurozone
Collection of countries that use the Euro
Economic stability/globalization
Shengen
Removal of passport checks among these countries
NATO
Military/Defensive Organization
Issues:
War in Ukraine
Refugees
Grain shortage
Oil shortage

Question 29

Guns Germs & Steel

Answer 29

Jared Diamond
Inequality of power stems from an area’s geographical advantages or disadvantages.
Doesn’t stem from race!
Geographical luck

Question 30

Race

Answer 30

Social construct
Changing definition
Subjective
NOT biological
Does not = ethnicity
Used frequently after AST

Question 31

Slavery

Answer 31

Race based slavery & Chattel slavery
Europeans viewed Africans as less civilized
Failure to enslave Indigenous people
Relationship between Europeans and Africans
Europe: traded guns for people
Africa: traded people for guns
Guns = Able to conquer other tribes = Able to sell more people for more guns

Question 32

Middle Passage

Answer 32

Profitable to use slave population, built economies
12.5 mil ppl
21-90 day voyage

Question 33

Disease, economy, & technology

Answer 33

Disease: smallpox killed indigenous population before they could work
Economy: sustained relationship between Africa and Europe, PROFIT
Technology: guns

Question 34

Slave Prison Forts

Answer 34

Elmina Castle & Cape Coast Castle
Prison fort death rate was about 66%
Door of no return

Question 35

Portugal, Brazil & the Slave Trade

Answer 35

Portuguese empire
Brazil main colony
Started AST (mid 1400s)
Began w/ kidnapping Africans

Question 36

Scientific Revolution in the Middle East

Answer 36

(800-1300)
Ibn al-Haytham: Camera Obscura
Al-Zahrawi: Surgical Instruments
Ibn Firnas: Flying contraption

Question 37

Geocentric vs. Heliocentric Theory

Answer 37

Geocentric = Planets revolve around Earth
Heliocentric = Planets revolve around Sun

Question 38

Nicolaus Copernicus

Answer 38

Credited with start of the Heliocentric theory

Question 39

Tycho Brache

Answer 39

Built on Copernicus
Mapped the stars and movement of planets

Question 40

Johannes Kepler

Answer 40

Proved Heliocentric POV
Math and Evidence
Studied elliptical orbits
LOGIC AND REASON
Used to save mother from witch trials!!

Question 41

Galileo

Answer 41

Created his own telescope
Observational
Viewed craters and mountains on the moon
Proved the Earth is similar to the moon
Put on trial by Catholic church

Question 42

Issac Newton

Answer 42

Theory of MOTION
Universal gravitation
WIde cultural impact
Ex. Voltare (French magazine)